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Hipsters love their coffee, as much as they love wearing ironic clothing and pretentious facial hair. If you have been to a coffee shop in a hipster hot spot, you would be familiar with these bizarre coffee requests.

1 April is a dreaded day for the gullible, and it gives a chance for companies to join in on the pranking action. Here are some of the best April Fools pranks from around the globe, for your enjoyment.

If you have failed to take note of the date, you may have been the unsuspecting victim of the odd prank. If you haven’t managed to nail anyone yet, you still have a few hours. Here are a couple of awesome April Fool’s pranks for around the office and home.

Cell phone crashing is to loud phone calls what photobombing is to duck face selfies. Comedian Greg Benson has the solution for stopping people from having obnoxiously loud cell phone conversations in public.

Probably the best argument for smiling back at someone is that you don’t know if you will end up as material for a comedian. Comedian Pete Holmes’s neighbour didn’t return his smile, she is now the butt of his jokes.

Finnish magician, Jose Ahonen has made many things disappear in front of many audiences, but few have been as expressive in their vexation as this group of dogs. Cue delight, followed by confusion, bafflement, and then fear. Please enjoy.

It’s payday! Also, this video is called Payday. Do you see what they did there? I certainly see what they did there. Derick Watts & The Sunday Blues Band have just﻿ uploaded this here cautionary tale to the internet, and it is a goodie. I strongly encourage you to watch right to the end. Grown men rub barbecue ribs on each other’s nipples.

That’s right folks, the KING of filthy and inappropriate one-liners is coming to South Africa! Jimmy Carr will be performing his ‘Gagging Order’ tour in South Africa at the end of this month. On 30 March at Grand West, to be exact. And you can win tickets.

I was chatting to Luke Dale Roberts, owner of Cape Town’s famed Test Kitchen and Pot Luck restaurants the other day and he told me the funniest story about rap superstar and Cape Town resident, Mos Def. Def has since changed his name to Yasiin Bey, but people are taking a while to abandon the old name.

Who knew talking gibberish on YouTube could change your life? The latest viral YouTube sensation is Sara Maria Forsberg. Since posting her video titled “What Languages Sound Like To Foreigners,” she has become an overnight hit.

Finally a Kickstarter campaign video that shoots from the hip. It seems like every person with a half-arsed idea, thinks that their business idea is worth crowdfunding. Labeling your startup as indie doesn’t merit scamming gullible people on the internet for their milk money.

The Hammerhead crew are tackling a serious issue which threatens the careers of athletes all over the world – dandruff. Not only does dandruff cause athletes to loose endorsement deals, it adds weight. Those extra grams could make or break your Olympic dreams.

Poker can be a harsh mistress. Many will know of the powers possessed by the dreaded river card, that can either make or break your hand. Let this be a warning to poker players – when you are drunk don’t gamble away your name.

Sure, freelancing sounds like the good life to those keeping a steady job, but despite being able to sleep as late as you want and being able to drink at your “workplace” (i.e. anywhere there is free WiFi), the life of a freelancer is kind of depressing at times.

Ever since Marty McFly defied gravity in the 1989 sci-fi comedy ‘Back to the Future Part II,’ we have kept the dream alive of someone inventing the hoverboard. When HUVrTech released their online campaign claiming that they have tamed gravity, we knew it was too good to be true.

Rob Ford has been the butt of many Jimmy Kimmel jokes over the past year. But the Toronto mayor, known for his struggles with drug and alcohol abuse, still grabbed the opportunity to be a guest on Kimmel’s show. Kimmel dedicated three segments of his show to making fun of the disgraced mayor.

Need your DVD delivered to you no matter where you are, even if you are busy using the loo? To meet DVD rental lovers’ exorbitant demands, Netflix has the solution – Drone 2 Home. This satirical video takes a jab at Amazon’s planned drone delivery service.

All it takes for your dirty mind to ruin a children’s movie is by adding a couple of bleeps and pixelated censoring. Unnecessary censorship turns ‘Finding Nemo’ into an R-rated movie. Just watch and let your filthy imagination do the rest.

Everyone knows you don’t abduct Liam Neeson’s daughter. He has a very particular set of skills; skills he has acquired over a very long career. The characters he portrays on film may have the abilities to fight international terrorist on their lonesome, but in real life he has the ability to threaten the crap out of you.

This is when you shout at your local supermarket for never giving you what you never knew you wanted, but always craved. Here it is – a geriatric singing a double-entendre-filled German minimal electric dance song, while sitting in a bath tub eating cereal.

The ‘I got a girl pregnant’ prank is a tried and tested classic. It ranks right up there with Glad Wrapping a toilet seat. Watch as 16-year-old, Emmanuel Kellam, tells his ‘African Dad’ he got a 14-year-old girl pregnant. Hilarity ensues.

If you caught Brendan Jack’s Dove parody ad, you’ll be tickled pink to know that it was the first in a series of sketch videos produced by Hammerhead TV, comprised of Brendan, Bevan Cullinan, Garth Breytenbach, Chris Forrest, Graham Smith and Brad Devine. And there’s more where that Dove video came from. Check out their [...]

Would you rather walk around with Os du Randt on your back for a week or make out with Naas Botha for 10 seconds? Anne Hirsch caught up with Bobby Skinstad at the Cape Town Tens rugby tournament, to ask this vital question.